Crochet chart cluster

Several strokes joined at the foot.

Also known as: Cluster symbol crochet, Crochet chart bobble

CulturalEveryday & digitalStandard profile

Meanings

The crochet chart symbol for a cluster, several stitches worked together and closed into one.

Common modern usageVerified fact
Marks a cluster, several stitches worked together and closed into one.
Contexts: Technical drawing
Common modern usageVerified fact
Joins its strokes at the foot to show where the stitches are gathered, so the drawing states the construction rather than naming it.
Contexts: Technical drawing

Several stitch strokes drawn splayed apart at the top and meeting at a single point at the foot.

IdentityHigh confidence: High confidence because the identity is documented in encyclopedic references.
Historical originModerate confidence: Moderate confidence because the historical origin is documented in encyclopedic references, but early or supporting evidence is limited, but the regional or cultural match to this specific claim is not precise.
Current useHigh confidence: High confidence because the current use is documented in encyclopedic references.
Visual matchHigh confidence: High confidence because the visual match is documented in encyclopedic references.

Standards and Guidelines for Crochet and Knitting
Craft Yarn Council · retrieved 2026-08-21
The American industry body maintaining published standard chart symbols, abbreviations and yarn-weight categories. Widely followed in American publishing and not universal; independent designers frequently define their own symbols, and British convention differs.
Crochet chart
Wikipedia · retrieved 2026-08-23
Tertiary reference, cited for the conventional description of a mark, its usual name and where it is encountered. Where an issuing body defines the mark, that body is cited alongside and governs.

Last reviewed 2026-08-25

Meanings

The crochet chart symbol for a cluster, several stitches worked together and closed into one.

Common modern usageVerified fact

Marks a cluster, several stitches worked together and closed into one.

Common modern usageVerified fact

Joins its strokes at the foot to show where the stitches are gathered, so the drawing states the construction rather than naming it.

Confidence

IdentityHigh confidence: High confidence because the identity is documented in encyclopedic references.
Historical originModerate confidence: Moderate confidence because the historical origin is documented in encyclopedic references, but early or supporting evidence is limited, but the regional or cultural match to this specific claim is not precise.
Current useHigh confidence: High confidence because the current use is documented in encyclopedic references.
Visual matchHigh confidence: High confidence because the visual match is documented in encyclopedic references.

Sources

Standards and Guidelines for Crochet and Knitting
Craft Yarn Council · retrieved 2026-08-21
The American industry body maintaining published standard chart symbols, abbreviations and yarn-weight categories. Widely followed in American publishing and not universal; independent designers frequently define their own symbols, and British convention differs.
Crochet chart
Wikipedia · retrieved 2026-08-23
Tertiary reference, cited for the conventional description of a mark, its usual name and where it is encountered. Where an issuing body defines the mark, that body is cited alongside and governs.

Last reviewed 2026-08-25